Friday, November 12, 2010

C.S.I. Musuem

Just went on a field trip with my Drew to the CSI Museum in Washington DC....
This place was really neat!
I was told no camera and followed the rules like a good girl........darn it!
When we arrived, however it turned out that its ok to take pictures without flash.......
and I left my camera at home......darn it!

I did try to take some pics with my cellphone and they turned out.....kind of.....The first section was dedicated to punishment during medieval times.....there was some horrible stuff here....
An iron cage for humans.....you did something wrong and got strapped into this thing and left to hang and die a slow death....They didn't take the body out until it was nothing but bones!! YUCK
I don't have pics of that....(whew)
Then we moved to the time of the famous outlaws! Jesse James and Billy the Kid....

Here are some Marshall badges and memorabilia....

This is the flag of the James Gang, Jesse James' notebook and gun...

They had a replica of Wyatt Earps gun......

Here is a picture of a Thompson Submachine Gun

And here is THE car that Bonnie and Clyde were shot to death in!

Holy cow......it looks like swiss cheese!

After this section, we moved to a fingerprinting and booking section....the kids all scanned their fingerprints and got a card that described their crimes......Book 'em Danno

They had a mock line up......see if you can figure out which one is Drew.....

You're right if you picked the guy in the striped shirt.....the kid with the hat looks too crazy to be mine!!
They also had a jail cell....

Yes, Drew is sitting on the commode
Yes....he's pretending to use the commode....complete with noises........
What can I say....boys will be boys!

Then we entered a mock crime scene with details of the steps are taken to discover what happened on the scene and to determine the suspect.....This area was pretty high tech and very cool!

The museum had a lot of other very cool stuff too but as I mentioned I was taking pics with my phone....UGH! Apparently America's Most Wanted is filmed in this museum!! Very cool and sorry we didn't get to see it.....

If you have the chance to go to this museum it is well worth the visit......

1 comment:

the car is not the real death car for bonnie and clyde, the bullet markings don't match the photos that were taken right after the shooting.that is the car that is from the movie not the real death car. the car is currently located at the Terrible's Gold Ranch Casino in Verdi, Nevada as of sept 2011